Daily Devotionals

Jesus shines brighter than the sun itself because He’s God. Anyone who questions His existence needs only to take a look around themselves to realize that nothing came into existence by chance; He ordered everything perfectly, and all of creation is in His hands.

This was part of a conversation Jesus had with His disciples, but it still applies today. Many people aren’t accustomed to coming to God in prayer and making a request, but as our heavenly Father, He’ll grant what we ask of Him when we pray in Jesus’ name. God wants us to experience true joy.

Thinking like most people means letting our minds dwell on any unhappy, discouraging thought that pops into our minds unbidden. What we think about eventually works its way down into our hearts and spirits; if we make a conscious decision to meditate on God’s Word, we open ourselves up to Him and His direction for our lives.

When we rely on our own efforts and try to handle our own problems, we struggle, toil, and often fail. God asks us to trust Him enough to let Him take care of all of our burdens, hurts, and issues. Obeying the Word instead of religious practices grants us rest in Him.

In the Old Testament, priests were required to make continual sacrifices and burned offerings to atone for the people’s sins; they were the only ones allowed to come into God’s presence. Jesus, the one perfect sacrifice for sin for all time, changed all that; because of Him, we can now confidently stand in God’s presence.

Jesus, the only human who was ever one hundred percent sinless, came down from heaven and took all our sins onto Himself, to save us from what we deserved; because of those sins, the Father briefly turned away from the Son and couldn’t look upon Him. Out of His love for us, Jesus died and was resurrected so that we could be made righteous through Him and share in His eternal life.